Large Hadron Collider now delayed until Spring

Experts have been down into the 17-mile tunnel housing the Large Hadron Collider to see what they could determine about the damage caused last Friday when an electrical connection between two magnets apparently melted, said James Gillies, spokesman for CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

(EDIT: Place your bets that the powder keg will get relit on Dec. 21, 2012!)